Dr Claire WorleySenior Lecturer in Social Policy

Research Interests

My research is driven by a critical approach to the study of social life, social policy and social care. Much of my research focuses on contemporary communities, and particularly the relationship between social policy and community. I have a specialist interest in the area of race, ethnicity and multiculturalism, alongside an interest in the intersections of race with other aspects of identity including gender and social class. My work is interdisciplinary and I take an eclectic theoretical approach inspired by thinkers from diverse backgrounds.

Teaching Activities

I have been teaching in the HE sector since 2000 and worked in various UK universities. I have taught students across a variety of social science degrees including Social Work, Advice Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Social Policy, Social Change, Social and Community Studies and Social Care. I have experience of teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Social Science (Social Policy) - 1st Class Honours, Manchester Metropolitan University
MA Gender and International Development - University of Warwick
PhD - Identity, Community and Community Cohesion: A critical engagement with policy discourses and the everyday - University of Huddersfield

Courses Undertaken

Research Degree Supervision and Examination - Manchester Metropolitan University

Boylan J., Braye S., Worley C. 2001. "Looking after Young People and Volatile Substance Abuse: The Training Needs of Social Workers and Foster Carers" for Re-Solv. Institute of Social Work and Applied Social Studies, Staffordshire University.

Worley C. 2001. "Buzzin, Sniffing, Tooting: Towards a Literature Review of Looked after Young People and Volatile Substance Abuse" for Re-Solv. Institute of Social Work and Applied Social Studies, Staffordshire University.

Other Types of Output

Worley C. 2010. "Contributor to Dictionary of Social Work: The Definitive A to Z of Social Work and Social Care" Open University Press.